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Thoughts on building products, growing startup ecosystems, and the work in between.
What I Learned from Paco Magsaysay: Building a Business Around Quality, Differentiation, and Patience
I recently attended a PCCI Baguio-Benguet session with Paco Magsaysay of Carmen’s Best. Here are some of the lessons I took away on product differentiation, quality, rejection, sales, and knowing when it’s time to scale.
The Vanity Metrics of Innovation: When Being Busy Starts Looking Like Impact
We count events, participants, startups, partnerships, and social media numbers because they are easy to see and report. But in startups and innovation ecosystems, the numbers that look impressive aren’t always the numbers that tell us whether we’re actually creating change.
The Work Between Products, Startups, and Ecosystems
My work has moved from product design to startup development, technology business incubation, open innovation, and ecosystem building. Along the way, I’ve realized that the most interesting problems often live between these disciplines, where products, people, organizations, and opportunities intersect.
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